Person
Whiffen, Neville Albert (1912 - 2004)
- Born
- 4 December 1912
Sydney?, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 2 January 2004
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Chemical engineer
Summary
Neville Whiffen MSc was a chemical engineer with the Electricity Undertaking Sydney County Council 1929-1943, First Secretary and Scientific Attache with the Australian Embassy, Washington 1943-1948 and subsequently worked with Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd, Burnie, Tasmania 1953-1957, and as Managing Director of Berger Paints (New South Wales and Pacific Islands) 1958-1963, Amalgamated Chemicals Ltd 1963-1965, and Abbott Laboratories (Chicago, USA) 1965-1978.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Neville Albert Whiffen - Records, 1939 - 1999, MS 187; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne
- Audio diary and notes of Neville Whiffen, 1943 - 1948, P002211; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details
- Interview with Dr. R. K. Murphy - father of chemical engineering in Australia, 1964; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details
Private hands (Whiffen, N.)
- Neville Albert Whiffen - Records, 1930 - 1988; Private hands (Whiffen, N.). Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Book Sections
- Whiffen, Neville, 'Murphy, Robert Kenneth (1887-1972)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 447-448. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150519b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Whiffen, N. A.; Norman, J. R., '50 Years of Chemical Engineering in Australia', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 37 (July - August) (1965), N62-72. Details
Resources
- 'Whiffen, N A (1912-2004)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-560418. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 April 2022
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